Unterseeboot 8 (1935)

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U-8
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Kriegsmarine
Type	IIB
Fieldpost number	M 06 994
Shipyard	Germaniawerft, Kiel
Yard number	542
Ordered	July 20, 1934
Laid down	March 25, 1935
Launched	July 16, 1935
Commissioned	August 5, 1935
Career
Patrols	1
Flotillas	U-Bootschulflottille 1. Unterseebootsflottille 22. Unterseebootsflottille 24. Unterseebootsflottille
Commanders	Harald Grosse Georg Peters Otto Schuhart Wolf-Harro Stiebler Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock Georg-Heinz Michel Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat Heinz Stein Walter Kell Hans-Jürgen Zetzsche Heinrich Heinsohn Ulrich Borcherdt Rolf Steinhaus Horst Deckert Rudolf Hoffmann Alfred Werner Jürgen Iversen Jürgen Kriegshammer
Successes
No ships sunk or damaged
Fate
Scuttled May 2, 1945 in the Raeder Lock at Wilhelmshaven.

Unterseeboot 8 or U-8 was a Nazi German U-boat based out of Kiel during World War II. It was one of the smaller versions, Type IIB, and was first launched on July 16, 1935. Its first commander was Harald Grosse. U-7 would have 18 commanders total over the course of its service, the last being Jürgen Kriegshammer.

It was too small to undertake sustained operations far away from the home support facilities and its primary role was found to be in the training schools, preparing new German naval officers for command.